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General Forums => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: 4low on September 12, 2007, 09:52:42 AM
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Hey all;
My fiance and I are trying to plan out our wedding ceremony reception locations, but we are having troubles with finding a place, we would prefer something "nice" and not "community hall-ish" or someplace with basketball nets......haha...
considering this is the first time we've done this sort of thing we don't know too many places to look, so I was wondering if you guys could throw out suggestions and stuff for me/us to investigate and inquire about?
any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Mike
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Hey all;
My fiance and I are trying to plan out our wedding ceremony reception locations, but we are having troubles with finding a place, we would prefer something "nice" and not "community hall-ish" or someplace with basketball nets......haha...
considering this is the first time we've done this sort of thing we don't know too many places to look, so I was wondering if you guys could throw out suggestions and stuff for me/us to investigate and inquire about?
any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Mike
Devonian gardens downtown.
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If its small...The Dean House.
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I don't think the Devonian lets you have the reception there, just the ceremony.
We had ours at Heritage Park. Prices were very good and you have a choice of locations depending on numbers. Opera House, Hotel, etc. We got married on the boat, then rented all the rides too, which was a blast and made for way better photos than standing around the Devonian. Reception was in the Opera House and the catering was fantastic.
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Country Hill Golf Course is very nice as the rooms over look the golf course and valley below. My brother had his reception there and from what I remember prices were reasonable
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Slovanian Canadian Club. Looks like a quansit on the outside but inside is really nice. Carpeted dining room with a full service bar off the dining room. Commercial kitchen on site for the catering company, sunken hardwood dance floor with a stage on the other side. Best of all it is CHEAP, I believe that it cost us about $400 dollars, they gave us the keys thursday evening and we didnt have to give them back untill sunday evening. Not good for large weddings though, but I think that it would be ok for up to 100-125 people. Good luck.
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Get a hold of the Calgary Exhibition & Stampede...there's some nice rooms down there. You can book the Rotary House for a small gathering, Ranahans in the Grandstand overlooking the race track, or the Palomino Rooms in the Round Up Center.
Lots of info here, as well as contact info: http://www.stampedevenues.com/swf/index2.html
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Speaking from experience, the Palmonio room is expensive. Like $10k for a day in the entire room.
The big questions is how big is your reception and do you want low key or splash. Central? North?South?
I have worked in every major hotel over the years, so I have a good idea of what is out there.
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http://www.austrianclub.ca/ContactUs.htm
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http://www.cathedralmountain.com/
we eloped here in June. you can rent the whole place out too.
we got married just out side of our log cabin, along side the river.
dinner, accomodations and wedding ceremony all in one shot, very convenient. very beautiful. no arguments over wedding planning, and no internet or cell phone so its pretty secluded,
its located at the base of takakaw falls, behind spiral tunnels, 5 kms from feild BC.
Dave
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Went to a wedding at the Ranch House in Cochrane. It was nice.
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We had our reception at the Highwood dining room at SAIT. Very nice place, held 145 people I think, and the food was amazing and reasonably priced.
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all i can offer, is dont go to the blackfoot inn!!! i just got married there this summer, and they hit me with a $2000 alcohol bill after all was said and done. after seeing the list of booze we supposedly went through, it averaged out to 8 drinks per person, including children, 3 pregnant women and about 10 people who dont drink.
But if u want a nice place, try the springbank golfcourse. the prices were the best by far, and the only reason we didnt do it, was a personal matter with the manager. good luck, and congratulations!!
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We got married and had our reception at the Glenmore Inn. No complaints and the price was fair too. Great food and they really worked with us.
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My sister also had her reception at the Glenmore Inn, and we had a great experience as well. And worked with her too - for example there was a dinner that was recommended to her that they had taken off the menu, and they had no problems doing it. No crazy extra charges either. Another great thing is that if you have a lot of out-of-towners (especially the kind who like to drink) the hotel is right there.
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Sweet guys!!! Thanks for all the suggestions! We're gonna keeping looking into all these great ideas!!! Some are already booked of course, but this is allot farther than I was getting on my own!!!!
Thank you!
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My wife and I had the whole thing at Symons Valley Ranch. It was excellent. Also, in Airdrie there is a hot rod shop with a hall behind it, looks like a 50s diner inside. Very cool, thats where I'd do it now if I had the choice. www.hotrods.ca